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Who this is for: Minecraft players wanting to set up efficient villager trading systems and access fish-related resources.
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Finding an Unemployed Villager
To create a fisherman villager, you’ll need to start with an unemployed villager – one that doesn’t have a profession yet. These are villagers wearing plain brown robes without any special clothing or accessories. You can find unemployed villagers in villages, or you can cure zombie villagers to get fresh unemployed ones.
Placing the Barrel Job Block
The key to making a fisherman is placing a barrel near your unemployed villager. Barrels serve as the job site block for fishermen, and when an unemployed villager gets close enough to one, they’ll automatically claim it and become a fisherman.
Here’s what you need to do:
- Craft a barrel using 6 wooden planks and 2 wooden slabs
- Place the barrel within a few blocks of the unemployed villager
- Make sure no other villager has already claimed that barrel
- Wait for the villager to pathfind to the barrel and interact with it
Recognizing Your New Fisherman
Once the transformation happens, you’ll notice the villager’s appearance changes. Fisherman villagers wear a brown hat and have fishing-related clothing. They’ll also start offering fish-related trades like cooked cod, campfires, and enchanted fishing rods.
Important Tips for Success
Make sure the villager can actually reach the barrel – they need a clear path to walk to it. If there are blocks or other obstacles in the way, the villager won’t be able to claim the job site. Also, this process only works during daytime hours when villagers are active and moving around.
If you want to change a villager’s profession later, simply break their current job site block and place a different one nearby. However, once you’ve traded with a villager, their profession becomes locked and cannot be changed.
Creating fisherman villagers opens up access to valuable aquatic resources and can be a great addition to your trading network, especially if you’re looking to expand your underwater adventures in the blocky world of Minecraft.
TL;DR
Place a barrel near an unemployed villager (one in brown robes) and they’ll automatically become a fisherman villager, offering fish-related trades.
